Sitting in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan we had a choice to make. We could turn left and head up to my old stomping grounds when I was an underground miner earning money for University- Flin Flon, Manitoba. Past detours that I've made into my somewhat foggy past have proven entirely unsuccessful- not only have some of my former hometowns changed dramatically but my somewhat faulty memory has left us wandering aimlessly looking for something I might recognize. Our o...

Let's be honest- we drove the long distance to MooseJaw, Saskatchewan because we were told that the filming location for the most outdoor scenes of one of our favourite TV shows was in a neighbouring town, ...... And what is that TV show?? The very Canadian classic- Corner Gas. Admittedly Corner Gas is something of an acquired taste, and the premise of a glacier slow life experience in a very small Prairie town isn't normally the source of belly laughs bu...

Back in the early days of her policing career, DH worked with a significant number of dinosaurs so she was eager to explore the former dinosaur playground in Drumheller. Theoretically this area holds abundant evidence (including a treasure trove of fossils) around the extinction of dinosaurs, but DH is convinced that many of them (including the relatively small brained Testosteronasaurus) survived the ice age. Many palaeontologists might argue that the sense of h...

What's in a name? For us, it can be a magnetic draw whether it should be or not. And when the name is "Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump" it becomes a mandatory stop for the Vic & DH travelling circus. And joining the circus for this leg of the journey were my Aunt and Uncle from Calgary. We had recently reconnected and they have become avid followers of our blog which automatically gets them on our 'favourite people’ list. We had to work hard to find a ...

If I were forced to choose I'd have to admit that I liked Jasper a little more than Banff. It had more of the ski village/holiday town feel to it. Banff has grown into a small city (we counted 3 Tim Hortons to the 1 we saw in Jasper) and it did feel a little crowded at times. That said, the crown jewel of this part of the world, Lake Louise, is right next door to Banff.Because of its stunning setting, Lake Louise is a photographers destination in the winter a...